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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52875#.VKtJqsnQrzE Author(s)    Wei Zhang 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 Mining & Mineral Resources Division, Department of Business Administration, Chinalco China Copper Corporation Limited, Beijing, China . 2 Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada . ABSTRACT Three Gorges Dam Project is the world’s largest water-control and hydraulic-electric project in the 21 st century. However, it has been shrouded in controversy since long even before it began construction in 1994. On one hand, the benefits of the Three Gorges Dam are flood control, power generation, navigation, aquaculture, ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50351#.VDsk_lfHRK0 Author(s)   Oleksandr Mokin , Borys Mokin , Vadym Bazalytskyy Affiliation(s) Department of Renewable Energy and Transport Electrical Systems and Complexes, Vinnytsia National Technical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine . ABSTRACT The measuring system for estimation of power of wind flow generated by the train movement has been created. The advantages of the proposed system are the cheapness and simple design. With its simplicity of design and easy build-up of channels, designed measuring system can be used for a wide range of technical problems. This paper describes the design process, validation and conducting the first field test of this m...